Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Grave scaffold
- The casket of a Native American (Crow) is shrouded and secured to the top of a grave scaffold with rope. It stands on an open plain in Montana. The scaffolding frame is constructed by using a "Y" shaped timber on each corner and laying support...
- Crow Indians--Spiritual life--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Scaffold burial--Montana--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 T
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Hauling timbers to the mines
- A pack train of mules haul timbers on a dirt road probably near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Men mounted on horses lead the pack. Utility poles and mountains are in the distance.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Mules--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- D.& R.G. bridge timbers at Union Avenue viaduct
- People stand on Union Avenue viaduct above timbers scattered by the Arkansas River flood. Shows railroad tracks under the pile of debris.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 5 and 6, 1922 May-June
- Old town Grand Lake, Colo.
- View of people in a street in Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. A woman with a straw, flat-brimmed hat and a long dress stands beside girls who wear plaid dresses and bonnets. Men sit on a burro-drawn cart, they wear suspenders and hats. A...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1885?]
- Bromide District
- View of a mine entrance in (probably) Colorado. Men pose with an ore car and cut timbers; aspen trees dot a hillside.
- Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Vermiculite property near Lake City
- Men are near a pile of hewn timbers and probably an open-pit vermiculite mine near Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Shows a log building, a canvas tent, piles of logs, a dirt road, metal barrels and a graded, covered settling pool used for...
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Sheridan Mine, Marshall Basin
- View of the Sheridan Mine in Marshall Basin, San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows a tent cabin, mine buildings, one with dormers, a covered mine tram and a tipple and tailings. One of the buildings is shored up with timbers.
- Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sheridan Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.;...
- [ca. 1890]
- Miner in tunnel with shovel
- Miners pose in the interior of an unidentified mine tunnel. The tunnel is braced with timbers. One of the miners holds a shovel.
- Interiors.; Miners.; Mining.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Shelf in stope 8, A M & S Co, Aspen, Colo
- Interior view of an Aspen Mining and Smelting Company Mine shaft in Pitkin County, Colorado; shows timbers and shoring.
- Aspen Mining & Smelting Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.
- 1893, February 20
- Platte Canon, bridge near Deansbury
- A man stands between the Platte River and tracks of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad in Platte Canyon near Deansbury (Strontia Springs) in Douglas County, Colorado. Shows timbers and a railroad bridge.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Douglas County--1880-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Indian boy with bow
- A small Native American boy (tribe unknown) holds a bow and looks at an arrow he has just shot into the dirt. A woman with unbound hair dressed in a skirt and shawl stands in a doorway and smiles at him; another woman carries a baby on her back in...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Bows (Archery)--1900-1910.; Boys--1900-1910.; Pueblos--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Los Pueblos de Taos, N.M., view from the north side
- Rooftop view of adobe buildings at Taos Pueblo in Taos, New Mexico. Women on rooftops include Native American (Taos) women and a child. Shows multi-story buildings with timber ladders and platforms, gutters and vigas, adobe chimneys, entrances and...
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Colo. Yule Marble Co. Quarries, Marble Colo.
- Interior view of a marble quarry at the Colorado-Yule Marble Company Quarries in Marble, Colorado; shows three channeling machines with channeling tracks on ledge and wooden timbers attached to a metal wheel (perhaps hoisting equipment).
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [1913?]
- Locomotive #203, NG 2-8-0 at lower snowshed slide, MP 492 1/2, Silverton Branch
- Engine #203, narrow gauge 2-8-0, of the Silverton Branch at lower end of snowshed slide. Large pieces of debris, timbers, show in the deep snow from avalanches along the railroad tracks on the upper reaches of the Rio de Las Animas, on the approach...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.
- April or May 1909
- Denver, Civic Center
- A long rectangular brick apartment building is jacked up on stacks of timbers and iron beams ready to be moved to make room for the development of Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. A Black child sits on one of the footings by a surveyor's level and...
- African Americans--Children--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [1913]
- Denver, Civic Center
- View across 14th (Fourteenth) Avenue of two boys on support timbers used to raise a long rectangular two story apartment building ready to be moved for the development of Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. The building has a bracketed cornice with a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Moving of structures--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913]
- Denver, Civic Center
- View down Acoma Street and across 14th (Fourteenth) Avenue of a two story apartment building ready to be moved for the development of Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. The building has been raised on stacks of timbers. The 1909 Public Library shows...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913]
- Mesa Verde Natl. Park, superintendent and ranger quarters
- View across arroyo to Mesa Verde National Park Service superintendent and ranger quarters, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado, built in pueblo style with native stone and support timbers (vigas.)
- United States. National Park Service--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1920-1930.; Stone buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Bennett Ave. after 2nd fire
- View of Bennett Avenue's desolation and total destruction caused by second fire of 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; destruction includes burnt telegraph or utility poles and scattered debris of timbers; groups of men survey remains and destruction;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Cripple Creek fire, early 1890's
- View of destruction caused by 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes remains of twisted sheet metal, ashes and burnt timbers, and former business and commercial district; canvas tents are scattered amidst fire debris; remaining...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Miner and dog
- A miner, possibly Andy Kincaid, sits and pets a large dog near a pile of timbers in front of a log building, Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The miner wears a worn-out hat, a vest, a pinstripe shirt, long pants, and lace-up boots, and...
- Kincaid, Andy.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- A gold mine in the Elizabethtown mining district, the Red Bandana, located near the foot of Old Baldy Mountain on the Moreno Valley side, Colfax County, New Mexico
- A hewn log building appears to be under construction at the Red Bandana mine, Colfax County, New Mexico. Men pose in front of and on the roof of the building. A stockpile of timbers is nearby.
- Mine buildings--New Mexico--Colfax County--1890-1900.; Baldy (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Baldy Mountain (Colfax County, N.M.)--1890-1900.; Colfax County (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Red Bandana Group (Colfax County, N.M.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--New...
- 1896
- Towle Bros' "Alabama" mill
- View shows unprocessed timbers, cut lumber, waste wood piles, and mill buildings at the Towle Brothers Alabama Mill, California. Men in horse drawn carts move the wood in various parts of the yard.
- Towle Brothers Company--Facilities--1870-1880.; California--1870-1880.; Lumber industry--California--1870-1880.; Mills--California--1870-1880.; Mining--California--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1880]
- Colorado mining
- Four miners pose inside an unidentified tunnel, Colorado. They hold candles and tools and one sits on timbers.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1890.; Tunnels--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Harry Rhoads with others in front of a working mine
- Six miners and Harry Rhoads pose in front of an unidentified mine tunnel, Colorado. A dog is on the timbers over the door, Rhoads holds a string in his hand to trigger the camera's shutter.
- Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Gregory Lode, Central City, Colorado
- View of Gregory Lode outside of Central City, Colorado. A wagon is parked to the right of the gouge in the mountain. Mining timbers are stacked in the entrance to the mine. Tailings, rocks and vegetation surround the hole, and a few trees are...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1968
- Mack Brewery, Central City
- The Mack Brewery, owned by Jacob Mack, is on a rocky hillside in Central City, Colorado. The brewery, which operated between 1877 and 1855, is a two story structure with a false front and a balcony supported by timbers. Large rectangular windows...
- Mack Brewery--1920-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Central City--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Boarding house "White House" at Highland Mary - also called "Howling Mary"
- View of a burro pack train with timbers by Highland Mary Mine boarding house, in the Cunningham Gulch mining area, San Juan County, Colorado. The frame house has a covered porch and mountains are in the background. Men and women look on.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Mules--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Packtrains--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Trails & paths--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.;...
- 1906
- Remains of jail after fire 1946
- Exterior view of remains of the county jail in Georgetown, Colorado, a red brick two-story building built in 1883, after it burned in 1946; shows the corner of the building and charred timbers through the empty first floor windows. A grid of bars...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fires--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Jails--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Sleeping Ute Mt.
- Native American men and women (Utes) stand with two white men in front of a wickiup made of timbers and covered with strips of fibrous material. Shows a saddle and pottery jug. Sleeping Ute Mountain is in the background.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--1880-1900.; Sleeping Ute Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Wickiups--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Old home of Ouray and Chipeta near Montrose
- A young man sits on a wooden crate behind an adobe building once owned by Chief Ouray near Montrose, Colorado. It is a single story adobe brick structure with projecting support timbers. Ouray and Chipeta's home is adjacent to the structure.
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Structures--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Chipeta--Homes & haunts.; Ouray--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Old home of Ouray and Chipeta near Montrose
- View of an adobe building once owned by Chief Ouray and his wife, Chipeta, near Montrose, Colorado. It is a single story structure in a grassy field with window bays, door bays, and projecting support timbers.
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Structures--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Chipeta--Homes & haunts.; Ouray--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Ouray and Chipeta's home near Montrose
- View of the former home and adjacent adobe building once owned by Chief Ouray near Montrose, Colorado. The home is constructed of adobe bricks covered with plaster and a gable roof. The out-building is a single story structure in a grassy field...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Structures--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Chipeta--Homes & haunts.; Ouray--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Bonanza 1942
- View of a large two story structure with an "L" shaped floor plan on the second story, and a square floor plan on the first floor; features a hipped roof, rectangular bays, covered porch (first floor), crawl space, lean-to roof, and vertical board...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Bonanza--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Carson, 1946
- View looking out a doorway in Carson, Colorado showing the rectangular window and door moulding; features buildings with vertical board siding and medium/steep gabled roofs; fallen timbers litter the area and a tall stand of pine trees in the...
- Carson (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Carson--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Railroad station & water tank at Basalt
- A large, round water tank supported by timbers is situated next to the tracks of the Colorado and Midland Railroad in Basalt, Colorado. A two-story, wood-frame hotel with a hipped roof, multiple chimneys, and a covered porch is in the background,...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Basalt--1920-1930.
- [about 1920]
- Carson, 1946
- View of three dilapidated structures in Carson, Colorado; shows vertical board and batten siding and steep gabled roofs on two of the structures, and a false front on the third (saloon); discarded timbers (possibly the remains of a fallen...
- Carson (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Carson--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Eureka 1958
- View of standing walls amid crumbled structures in Eureka, Colorado; shows walls with rectangular doors in the middle of a large pile of wrecked timbers and a fallen gable; steep mountain in the background.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Eureka--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Colorado miners
- A miner emerges from the entrance to a mine tunnel pushing an ore cart full of ore somewhere in Colorado. The entrance is constructed of hewn logs and supported on the outside by timbers and rock.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--1870-1890.; Miners--Colorado--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Dudley - 1947 old smelter
- Interior view of the smelter in Dudley (Dudleyville), Colorado; shows both horizontal timbers and wood slats being used as wall material with areas cut out for windows and a door.
- Dudley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Smelters--Colorado--Dudley--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Dudley - 1947 old smelter
- Interior view of the smelter in Dudley (Dudleyville), Colorado; shows both horizontal and vertical support timbers as seen from the second floor; sun shines through decaying walls and roofing.
- Dudley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Smelters--Colorado--Dudley--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Gladstone - 1941
- The wreckage of the Gold King Mill stands precariously in Gladstone, Colorado. The top of the facade is leaning outward and is nearing collapse. Framework timbers lead up to the leaning facade.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.
- 1941
- La Plata - 1942
- View of two buildings along a dirt road in La Plata City, Colorado; two story building in good condition with a medium gable and fence surrounding the property; other building of horizontal logs and in poor condition; timbers supporting the...
- La Plata (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--La Plata--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--La Plata--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Marble - 1942
- View of a remaining residence amid flood debris, in Marble, Colorado; boulders, rocks and fallen timbers form a path of destruction around the house and into the foreground.
- Marble (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Floods--Colorado--Marble--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Marble - 1942
- View of a gazebo and fire tower amid flood debris, Marble, Colorado; hexagonal, wooden gazebo, and steel fire bell tower remained at Center and Main Streets after the flood of 1941; rocks and broken timbers surround the structures; Whitehouse...
- Marble (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fire lookout stations--Colorado--Marble--1940-1950.; Fires--Colorado--Marble--1940-1950.; Gazebos--Colorado--Marble--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Pack train
- A pack train led by a man in overalls on a horse; shows a team of burros loaded with supplies and timbers on a dirt road, possibly near Ouray or Telluride, Colorado; a mining town and Rocky Mountain peaks in background.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1910.; Packtrains--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Silverton RR. Engine #100
- Silverton Railroad Engine 100 (Baldwin narrow gauge type 2-8-0), with the number on an old-fashioned kerosene headlight, pulls one freight and one passenger car, Colorado; the train pauses on a steep slope with tracks built up with rock and...
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mears, Otto, 1840-1931.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Marble - 1959
- View of a hexagonal gazebo and a steel bell tower in Marble, Colorado; gazebo constructed of timbers; surrounded by trees and snowy mountains.
- Marble (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bell towers--Colorado--Marble--1950-1960.; Gazebos--Colorado--Marble--1950-1960.
- 1959